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New SMS Service Txteagle Taps a Potential Workforce
Written By Jennifer Machiaverna in New York on Monday, June 15, 2009 at 9:00 AM | In Technology Please Comment
Companies reach a new workforce in the developing world via cellphones
A new service called Txteagle is making it possible for people in Kenya to supplement their incomes by doing simple tasks like transcriptions and translations via SMS.
The service, which was founded by a researcher at the Santa Fe Institute, has partnered with a number of companies (like Nokia) who are interested in software localization. Based on the needs of these companies, Txteagle distributes tasks via SMS to participating mobile phone users in Kenya, who then complete the task and text the information back to the company.
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